Monthly Archives: April 2016
Intel Expands IoT Efforts with Yogitech Acquisition
Intel officials are predicting that by 2020, 30 percent of the devices and systems making up the Internet of things will need what is...
Panama Papers Breach Reveals Astonishingly Lax Network Security
My first reaction after reading accounts about the breach of a vast trove of financial and related information from the Panamanian law firm Mossack...
How a Federal Trade Secrets Law Would Impact Silicon Valley
Trade secrets are now on a fast track toward a federal identity that would put them on par in the legal world with patents,...
Dell, EMC Reportedly Looking to Sell Documentum Business
Dell, which already is selling its services business for $3 billion and still has its Quest and SonicWall units up for sale, reportedly is...
Google Speeds Access to Cloud Datastore NoSQL With New API
Google rolled out a new cross-platform API for enabling faster access to the company's Cloud Datastore NoSQL database from outside Google's App Engine.The new...
Facebook Live Adds Ability to Broadcast Video to Groups
Facebook took a hard swipe at competitor YouTube April 6 by launching several new features for its Facebook Live function, all of which make...
Google, Rackspace to Collaborate on OpenPower Server Design
SAN JOSE, Calif.—IBM officials in December 2013 open-sourced its Power chip architecture and, along with several other tech vendors, launched the OpenPower Foundation, hoping...
Toptal Buys Skillbridge to Advance Freelance Tech Market
Toptal, a company that provides freelance software engineers and designers for hire, has announced its acquisition of Skillbridge, an online platform for elite business...
Microsoft Upgrades Bing’s Mapping Tech for Developers
Microsoft has released a preview version of its Bing Maps V8 (version 8) control, a major update to the company's mapping platform for Web...
OpenStack Vendor Mirantis Scores Big Win With VW
OpenStack vendor Mirantis has scored a big win, landing automobile giant Volkswagen Group as a new cloud customer. The auto giant will use Mirantis...